I think one could ameliorate that somewhat with the most direct possible lighting and the most matte finish possible on the background to minimize...
I believe you're sniffing at the correct hydrant here. :) Single clash, or double?
You know, it occurs to me that this would lend itself to green screening, depending on how much color was reflected onto the coin by lighting....
I don't speak German, and therefore can't find out whether the camera has White Balance adjustments or not. If not, as long as you use only one...
I played a bit with the above images. The idea is to create a sharp-enough contrast between the coin itself and the background to be able to...
Yes, please paste that onto a new background. :P :hurting:
I have a thought along these lines; could someone post a good example coin for me to play with?
This one may have had employment as a shim for a while.
Are you at least getting the Frequent Flyer mile credits?
Mr. Franklin looks like he's standing in Ginza on a Saturday night. :)
My goodness. The luster slaps you hard across the face.
A lovely original coin, perhaps a very old cleaning which has since become quite market acceptable. I think you're into it for something less than...
Run away, and don't start giggling until you're out of earshot. :)
Kinda interesting, and unfortunately in need of your macro lens to help figure it out. :) In the first pic, there appears to be roughness at the...
This one, I think, is a case where they appear rarely enough that people tend to jump when they find one, evidenced by the disparity between...
The point to acetone and copper is more nuanced than "four legs good, two legs bad." @-jeffB has it correct from a chemistry standpoint, aside the...
These don't appear at auction too often. I have it at XF40 on technical merit; the most recent sale of a similar grade I found was a PCGS XF40...
There's no real way to establish any kind of consistency in pricing for these; too few collectors (as a percentage) consider them worth pursuing,...
OK, that 1917-S morphs my feelings from admiration to downright jealousy. :P
Well, although Conder is quite correct in asserting that it could be an overdate because there doesn't have to be only one, it is conclusively not...
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